Oliphant, Mary Chevillete Simms

January 6, 1891–July 27, 1988

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  • Title Oliphant, Mary Chevillete Simms
  • Coverage January 6, 1891–July 27, 1988
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  • Keywords Historian, College for Women in Columbia, Oliphant’s most ambitious project, and the one for which she is most widely known, began in 1937 when Dr. Benjamin E. Geer, president of Furman University, persuaded her to write a biography of her grandfather, William Gilmore Simms,
  • Website Name South Carolina Encyclopedia
  • Publisher University of South Carolina, Institute for Southern Studies
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  • Access Date April 19, 2024
  • Original Published Date
  • Date of Last Update August 16, 2022
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